Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a New Mo/Au/S Cluster [Et4N][Mo2S4（AuPPh3）（edt）2]· 0.25Et2O·0.25MeOH （edt = Ethanedithiolate）

Reactions of the preformed cluster precursor Et4N]2Mo2S2（μ-S）2（edt）2] （edt = ethanedithiolate） （1） with Au（PPh3）Cl] in MeOH/MeCN gave rise to a new heterobimetallic Mo/Au/S cluster Et4N]Mo2S4（AuPPh3）（edt）2]·0.25Et2O·0.25MeOH （2·0.25Et2O·0.25MeOH）. It was characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectrum and X-ray analysis. 2·0.25Et2O·0.25MeOH crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group C2/c with a = 20.117（4）, b = 9.2705（19）, c = 44.418（9） A^°, β= 93.19（3）°, V = 8271（3） A^°^3, Z = 8, Dc = 1.794 g/cm^3, T = 193 K, C31.25H43AuMo2NO0.50PS8, Mr = 1116.96, F（000） = 4380, μ（MoKa） = 4.603 mm^-1, S = 1.019, R = 0.0672 and wR = 0.1708 for 7243 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I）. The anion of 2 consists of a butterfly-shaped Mo2S4Au core in which one AuPPh3]^＋ cation is coordinated by one bridging S and two terminal S atoms of the （edt）2Mo2（S）2（μ-S）2] moiety. The Au（I） center adopts a pseudo-tetrahedral coordination geometry, and the Au-S bond lengths vary from 2.425（2） to 2.898（3）A^°.